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Appendix H: USACE Description of the Status of Implementation of Its Asset Management Program
Pages 201-205

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... Improvement Report identified a business process review (BPR) to "implement a standardized annual condition assessment process." As a result, the Corps began the development of what is now the Operational Condition Assessment (OCA)
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From page 202...
... fi gu re h -1 R is kin fo rm ed a ss et m an ag em en t p ro ce ss m at ur ity ti m el in e fo r i nl an d na vi ga ti on .
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From page 203...
... 3. Upon completion of the Predicting Outcomes of Investments in Maintenance and Repair of Federal Facilities report, the Committee conducted a public report dissemination forum and invited two federal agencies whose maintenance budgeting processes best addressed the report's findings and recommendations -- the Department of Energy was one invitee and the Corps Civil Works Asset Management the other.1 Highlights of the Corps presentation (see link in footnote)
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From page 204...
... 4. Building on the transition in 2011 from tonnage to economic impact as a consequence in the 5×5 relative risk matrix, in 2013 the Corps codified another transition in Engineering Circular No.112-204, the budget development guidance for Fiscal Year 2015.2 In addition to embedding the economic impact risk reduction into the 5×5 consequence category, risk reduction visibility was elevated and explicitly added as a navigation budget performance measure.
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... Future. The Corps Asset Management continues to mature, applying lessons learned from the inland navigation processes to other business lines, as well as continuing to evolve the current navigation OCA and ORA processes.
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  • navigation budget
  • condition assessment
  • resources reform
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  • management policies

  • budgeting processes
  • national operational
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